The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-08

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81 LOUIS, March 2 -Bctwcen four and
dvc o'clock yesterday afternoon tho news
flashed from saloon 70 saloon within :
radius Of half = dozen blocks Of the court
house that Governor Marmaduke had
aligned the measure known q tho .'repeal
o. the law Of 1857" II had been cou-
ddently anticipated By . majority
% b prominent liQuor-dealors
that the Governor would s'pockot veto'
the measure, and when Il was announced
that no had signed Il, they refused 70 b.
heve H. Then cam tho telegram
confirming the news - op-
their only hope lay In the courts,
where the constitutionality Of the law 10
% be tested. The Governors action was .
Waterloo 70 tAe hopes Of the saloon mon
and others who arc directly interested In
the matter. "Whon tho Governor signs
il, and ! don believe he will.n said cx-
President Bremen. Of the Saloon keepers
Association, II will be time enough 20 act"
Others who believed the Governor would
sign the repeal, have bocn - work pre-
pairing TO meet the cyclone and even went
90 far ~ TO call Z meeting Of s~aloon-keep-
ers about two weeks 3
A Il stands the Downing .aw will be-
come . law on the lst Of July, and the poo<
! pie who's interests are affected are given
antil tina time to trim their sails to the
breeze and prevent swapping.
At Fausf's last night the aw was the
almost exclusive topic Of discussion. b
proprietor, who was III. had retired early,
but his manager Jay that IL b courts
pronounce the law valid he will close his
bar on Sunday. The which
comes under the head Of necessities"
viii remain open.
Rev. s J. Niccolls. ID. d.. was seen last
night hy . reporter, who was the hrst 70
inform him OF the Governors action II
the matter. He said: Il am exceed
ingly glad that the Governor has done
the convictions OF the moral
and law-abiding element in this city
and elsewhere. /, for one. am greatly re-
joiced at the moral irmness he has dis
! played. for l can well understand what
powerful influences have been brought
| TO bear on him to veto tho bill All honor
TO the Governor Tor the bold stand be has
| taken In this matter. believe that
the execution Of this law In st.
Louis, while il will meet with great OPP
position will result in the repression OF
crime and vice to . very large degree. II
ID an ~undisputcd fact that the opening OF
the saloons on Sunday produces more
crime and disorder on tina: day than on
any other day in the week ! believe that
IL the authorities are really In earnest
that law can be enforced here Is In New
York, Philadelphia. B fillmore, Washing
ton City, and ever New Orleans- lew
York has . larger foreign population by
four-fold than we have, and yet the Sun
day closing is enforced in that city. We
do not ask for the closing Of the saloons
specially on religious grounds. but sim
ply in the interest Of good morals and the
welfare Of the community. We as
enforcement Of what are known
- p~uritanical laws in the observance Of
the Sabbath. Each man must BE- free to
act according to the dictates Of mis- "
conscience, yet he must not TURF liberty
into license. or use IL in such a way as 70
injure others or promote vice and crime
We also recognise the fact . the
necessities of city life justify . Ger
ain amount Of work which was rot nee
essarv undcr former conditions Of 90
ciety. Some things must be- done in the
city on the Sabbath which would not be
justified By the plea OF necessity or mercy
In the country. So IL il that Sunday laws
framed for city life nifty years age
may not b applicable in all their
details 70 the present condition But Is
this law Of 1857 specially referred 70 the
saloons, it is to be hoped that its applica-
tion will bear directly upon them At the
earliest opportunity the paper which ]
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